Nebraska · Census place 3123690

Imperial, Nebraska

Imperial is a city in Chase County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,975 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 61st largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,975
#61 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
-4.4%
-90 people
Land area
3.0 sq mi
Density
652 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Imperial. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

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Imperial population, 2020 to 2024

Imperial lost 90 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.4%. In the latest year it moved by -20.

2,06520202,03020211,99420221,99520231,9752024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,069. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Imperial covers 3.03 square miles of land, for 652 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Imperial is less dense than the typical town.

What county Imperial is in

All of Imperial's residents live in Chase County, which had 3,764 residents in 2024. Imperial holds 52.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Imperial

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Imperial by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 69033. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Imperial is

The Census internal point of Imperial is at 40.514400, -101.637200. Lincoln, the capital, is 259.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Holyoke, CO (2,296 people), 35.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 165.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.514400, -101.637200
DMS
40°30'51.84"N 101°38'13.92"W
UTM
14N 276575.2E 4488194.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
85GWG977+Q4

Daylight in Imperial

At 40.51° N, Imperial gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Imperial

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Grant, 23.3 miles away, with 1,128 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Imperial, NE?

1,975 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 90 (4.4%) from 2,065 in July 2020.

What county is Imperial in?

Chase County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Imperial?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 69033.

How far is Imperial from Lincoln?

259.5 miles (417.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Imperial.

What is the nearest larger city to Imperial?

Holyoke, CO, with 2,296 residents, 35.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.